Crackdown on Barcelona’s Cannabis Social Clubs Backfires
Cannabis News Network reports on the sudden launch of a crackdown on Barcelona Cannabis Social Clubs, initiated by the mayor of the Catalan capital Xavier Trias seems to have backfired.…
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Highlights from Spannabis 2015
Full Coverage of this Year’s Spannabis Expo Event at the Fira de Cornellá, Barcelona, Spain which took place 20th – 22nd of March 2015.
Barcelona: Getting Closer To Cannabis Social Club Life
The word has really spread. Barcelona has become home to between 300-400 private cannabis social clubs in fewer than 5 years. It’s not obvious to those that aren’t in the…
Barcelona to lift cannabis club age limit to 21
The new rules are the result of months of discussions between health officials, parliamentary groups and representatives of the clubs after 49 were closed down by police in August. The…
Barcelona shuts down 49 cannabis clubs
City authorities ordered the closure of 49 cannabis clubs in Barcelona on Wednesday, the latest move to tighten a legal loophole that has given the city a global reputation as…
Marijuana Clubs Rise Out of Decades-Old Spanish Laws
BARCELONA, Spain — On a recent evening, two vacationing German college students, armed with addresses they had gotten off the Internet, were trying to get into one of Barcelona’s new…
Barcelona bans new cannabis clubs for 1 year
13th June 2014, Barcelona city council announced on Friday that no new cannabis clubs will be allowed to open in the city for one year in order to halt their…
The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour announces 2014 tour date
Following the success of last year’s ride, the MC Bike Tour returns with the aim to raise over €50,000 to support scientific research into how cannabis treats cancer. From March…
The changing club situation in Spain
The situation in Spain is a special case. After the Spanish peninsula was characterised as “the Netherlands of the South”, the number of social cannabis clubs sky-rocketed. In some cases,…
Barcelona to curb cannabis clubs
Barcelona wants to set limits on the “proliferation” of cannabis clubs, places where members purchase and consume marijuana. Although there are no official figures, municipal authorities have counted around 200…
